Which to choose · Singapore
The Mandarin Oriental or the Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore?
Next-door neighbours on Raffles Avenue in Marina Bay. The Mandarin Oriental rises around John Portman's fan-shaped atrium, opened in 1987 and redone throughout in 2023; the Ritz-Carlton is Kevin Roche's slender 1996 tower on legs above seven acres of gardens. The Ritz-Carlton has the larger rooms, every one 51 sq m with an octagonal bathroom window; the Mandarin's are smaller but newer, with balconies in several categories.
Marina Bay, Singapore
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Opened 1987 · 423 rooms
Marina Bay, Singapore
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Opened 1996 · 529 rooms
In short
Next-door neighbours on Marina Bay, so the choice is the room. The Ritz-Carlton's are larger, every one 51 sq m with the octagonal bathroom window; the Mandarin Oriental's were all redone in 2023, and several types have balconies over the bay.
The bay from your room
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
The Club Marina Bay Room takes in the bay in full, with HAUS 65 lounge access; some suites add a balcony.
Space
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Every guest room is 51 sq m and faces the bay or the city.
Art
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
A collection of 4,200 pieces in the public rooms, Hockney, Warhol, Chihuly and Frank Stella among them.
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Choose Mandarin Oriental, Singapore for
- Every room and suite redone in 2023 by Jeffrey Wilkes, each with a palette after its view of bay, sea or city
- Club Marina Bay rooms face the bay in full and come with the HAUS 65 lounge; several room and suite types have balconies
- Cherry Garden, Cantonese and Teochew with a MICHELIN star, and Zuicho for Japanese
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Choose The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore for
- Every guest room is 51 sq m, and every one faces Marina Bay or the city
- An octagonal window in each bathroom; the Premier Suites, rooms ending in 26, look straight onto the Singapore Flyer
- An art collection of 4,200 pieces, with Hockney, Warhol, Chihuly and Frank Stella, and Summer Pavilion, Cantonese with a MICHELIN star
Side by side
- Where
- Marina Bay
- Marina Bay
- Opened
- 1987
- 1996
- Last renovated
- 2023
- 2016
- Rooms
- 423, 87 of them suites
- 529, 79 of them suites
- Room sizes
- 33–56 sq m
- 51 sq m
- Restaurants and bars
- 8
- 4
- Pool
- Yes
- Yes
- Hot spring
- –
- –
- Awards
- 1 MICHELIN Key
- Forbes 5 stars
- Design
- John Portman & Associates; DesignWilkes (Jeffrey Wilkes)
- Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
- Airport
- Changi Airport is about 20 minutes by car
- Changi Airport is 19 km away
- Brand
- Mandarin Oriental
- The Ritz-Carlton
- Booked through us
- Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
- Marriott STARS
The rooms
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Which to book. For the bay, book the Club Marina Bay Room: it has the full Marina Bay view and HAUS 65 lounge access, where the Marina Bay View Room of the same size looks onto the bay only in part.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Which to book. Rooms ending in 26, the Premier Suites, have a bathroom that looks straight onto the Singapore Flyer.
The first room
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Deluxe Room
33 sq m · city view · green botanical palette
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Deluxe Kallang
51 sq m · Kallang Precinct view · king or twin beds
The room to ask for
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Club Marina Bay Room
34 sq m · Marina Bay view · HAUS 65 Club Lounge access
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
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The largest suite
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Four-Bedroom Residential Suite with Balcony
301 sq m · city view
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Ritz Suite
219 sq m · 32nd floor; dining room for ten, entertainment room, 24-hour butler
Dining
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Cherry Garden · Cantonese and Teochew restaurant
Zuicho · Japanese fine dining
embu · all-day buffet restaurant
Dolce Vita · Italian restaurant · by the pool
Morton's, The Steakhouse · steakhouse
MO BAR · cocktail bar
BAY@5 · outdoor lounge · facing the bay
Mandarin Oriental Cake Shop · cake shop
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Summer Pavilion · Cantonese restaurant
Colony · all-day buffet restaurant
Republic · cocktail bar
The Ritz Lounge · all-day lounge · afternoon tea
The spa and the pool
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
A spa with four treatment rooms and two couples' suites, a 25 m outdoor pool, a gym with personal training, and daily yoga and Pilates.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
The Ritz-Carlton Spa has ten treatment rooms including a couples' suite, with whirlpool, sauna, steam rooms and jet pools; there is a 25 m outdoor lap pool on the ground level and a 24-hour gym, tripled in size in 2016, with a movement studio.
Where they are
The two stand 250 m apart, as the crow flies.
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
On Marina Bay, opposite the Esplanade and beside Marina Square
Raffles City
5 min on foot, along the waterfront; 5–10 min
Changi Airport
20 min by car
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
On Marina Bay, near the Esplanade, Suntec and the Singapore Flyer
Promenade MRT station
3 min on foot, Circle and Downtown lines; nearest station by map
Changi Airport
21 min by car
The building
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Designed by the American architect John Portman around a fan-shaped atrium and opened as The Oriental, Singapore in 1987; renamed Mandarin Oriental after a refurbishment in 2005. A six-month transformation led by Jeffrey Wilkes of DesignWilkes, completed in September 2023, gave each room a palette after its view: batik patterns and cool blues for the bay, warm tones for the sea, botanical prints for the city.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Designed by the Pritzker laureate Kevin Roche for Pontiac Land: a single slender tower on 37-metre stilt-like legs, so that every room has a bay or city view, with octagonal bathroom windows. Tony Chi designed Colony and Summer Pavilion, and Terry Hunziker the Presidential Suite; the art collection runs to 4,200 pieces including Hockney, Warhol, Chihuly and Frank Stella.
Booked through us
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
A room upgrade when available
Daily breakfast for two
A US$100 food, drink or spa credit each stay
A welcome amenity
In Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta the hotel gives another benefit in place of the credit.
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
Marriott STARS
A room upgrade on arrival when one is available
Daily breakfast for two
A US$100 hotel credit each stay
Early check-in and late checkout when available
On the hotel's flexible public rate.
Still deciding? Tell us your dates and what matters most, and we will say which we would choose, and book it at the hotel’s own rate with the perks above.
Questions
No: the Mandarin Oriental is at 5 Raffles Avenue and the Ritz-Carlton at 7, both on Marina Bay. From either, the Esplanade, Suntec City and the Singapore Flyer are within walking distance.
The Ritz-Carlton: its rooms are 51 sq m, against 33 to 34 sq m for the Mandarin Oriental's standard rooms. The Mandarin answers with balcony rooms of 45 and 56 sq m and family suites with kitchenettes.
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